“Sometimes¸ you shouldn’t disturb the past.”

Things in your past are best to be left in the past, And buried as deep as can be, If you can help it, But if you don’t remember, Or your past is erased by some event, But then when it is sturred up, It comes to sneak up in your face, Try your hardest to find the truth, No matter what it the situation is, Try your hardest to overcome it, Because in the end it will be better, Nothing, No matter what you find out, Can change what you are today, For you are what you made yourself, And no change in circumstances can change who you really are, Even if your name is different than what it is now, Or if those who you trust are Liars and thieves, You are who you are, And if you are happy with it, You will stay that way, But don’t let the trials of your life consume you

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